Drummer Boy at Bull Run by Gilbert Morris Published in 1995 152 pages Content: * * * * * (5.0) Clean fiction is hard to come by these days. Have you wandered the JF (junior fiction) and YA (young adult) shelves at your local library lately?! If you noticed the publishing date of this book, you might […]
Drummer Boy at Bull Run – A Book Mini-View
Pony – A Book Mini-View
Pony by R.J. Palacio Published in 2021 273 Pages Content: * * * (3.5) A few scattered cuss-words would normally cause me little concern; however, this is considered a junior fiction novel which should have zero cuss-words in my mind. There is also somewhat gratuitous descriptions of wounds sustained by ghosts, observed by our main character, Silas. These ghosts harm […]
Son of the Deep – A Book Review
. . . the wind gusted, ripping her hat from her head and sending it out over the bay. She spun to grab it, missed, and teetered precariously on the edge. The wind whipped again, lifting her skirts up around her knees, and she heard a voice on the wind – or was it her own voice speaking to her […]
Inkheart – A Book Review
There was another reason she took her books whenever they went away. They were her home when she was somewhere strange. They were familiar voices, friends that never quarreled with her, clever, powerful friends – daring and knowledgeable, tried and tested adventurers who had traveled far and wide. Her books cheered her up when she was sad and kept her […]
Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess – A Book Mini-view
Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer Published in 2006 216 pages First in Enola Holmes Mystery Series Content: * * * * (4.9) There is not much wrong here! Possibly a few mild British cuss words. A few lightly suggestive comments that can easily be missed by anyone under the age of 16. All-in-all, it […]
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – A Book Review
A Prequel to Wrap Things Up I often wonder why we need prequels. There are also times when I wonder why an author had to leave so many stinkin’ questions unanswered! These are reactions based off of my dual personality when it comes to books. Half of me reacts to a book based on my tendencies as a writer – […]
The Book Thief – A Book Review
“Yes, often, I am reminded of her, and in one of my vast array of pockets, I have kept her story to retell. It is one of the small legion I carry, each one extraordinary in its own right. Each one an attempt – an immense leap of an attempt – to prove to me that you, and your human […]